Game Reviews8.4/10
The Banner Saga 2 picks up soon after the climactic events of the first game
The Banner Saga 2 review: Stoic's sequel carries your choices forward with new Horseborn units, bigger battles, and consequences from the first game.
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Category: Game Reviews
Every game we have scored, from the NES library to current releases.
Game Reviews8.4/10
Quadrilateral Cowboy’s Heist Puzzles Are Really About Sitting Alone With a Manual
Quadrilateral Cowboy, Blendo Games' 2016 cyberpunk heist puzzler, makes typing code the verb. A look at its design, four-year build, and 8.4/10 score.
Game Reviews8.3/10
EA Canada’s most complete football game is still FIFA 16
FIFA 16 review: the first FIFA with women's players, 78 stadiums, Ultimate Team Draft, and a Fratton Park tribute — an 8.3/10 football game that still holds up.
Game Reviews8.2/10
Enter the Gungeon’s bullet-hell roguelike loop holds up a decade on
Enter the Gungeon review: Dodge Roll's 2016 roguelike bullet hell still holds up, with dodge rolls, table flips, and a gun that can kill the past.
Game Reviews6/10
Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare Review — A Great Flashlight and Not Much Else
A retrospective on Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare, the 2001 PS1 survival horror reboot with two heroes, one flashlight, and one great idea.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars Still Sets the Standard for Adventure Games
A review of Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars, the 1996 point-and-click classic from Revolution Software, still sharp nearly thirty years on.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Command & Conquer: Red Alert (PlayStation) Review — A Landmark Design Held Back by Its Controller
The PlayStation port of Command & Conquer: Red Alert is a fascinating 1996 document: brilliant strategy design trapped behind a digital pad.
Game Reviews9.3/10
Civilization II on PlayStation: The Whole Machine, Intact
Sid Meier's Civilization II (1996) review: 21 civilizations, tile-map 4X strategy, the Multiplayer Addon, and the PlayStation port that kept the loop intact.
Game Reviews7.5/10
Harvest Moon: Back to Nature — A Quiet PlayStation Debut That Holds
Harvest Moon: Back to Nature (1999) review: the first PlayStation farm sim, its three-year deadline, energy system, Mineral Town cast, and lasting legacy.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Monster Rancher 2 Found Its Monsters on Your CD Shelf
Monster Rancher 2 review: the 1999 PlayStation classic's guts battles, disc-based monsters, Big Four, and how Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX keeps it alive.
Game Reviews8/10
Monster Rancher turned the PlayStation into a CD player that could hatch a monster
Monster Rancher turned any CD into a monster on PlayStation in 1997. We look back at Tecmo's disc-reading trick, the training loop, and why it's gone.
Game Reviews9/10
Die On Every Roll, Then Learn To Stop Rolling
Devil Dice review: Shift's 1998 PlayStation puzzle classic where you roll dice as a little devil, build chain reactions, and still holds up today.